Two teenage female bombers today snuck their way into the crowded Maiduguri fish market and waited upon innocent traders to converge for prayers before detonating themselves which has led to scores being
killed.Premium Times say it’s Hospital sources has recorded about 30 persons deaths.
The two suicide bombers were identified as teenage females who concealed lethal explosives in their hijabs.
A witness told PREMIUM TIMES that while the girl that caused the first blast was able to kill many traders and injured several others, the second girl appeared to have developed cold feet after the first attack, blew herself up as she was fleeing away from the crowded market.
Idrissa Idi, who retails smoked fish in the market told journalists in an interview he granted in Hausa said, “the two young girls that caused the explosions were in their teenage ages”.
“The first girl waited for the traders to commence prayers before she crept upon them and detonated the bomb, killing a large number of persons and injuring many. Some of our fellow traders said they saw the young girl wandering about shortly before the prayers,” he said.
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